Resident Evil Law: Conservation of Ammo
Ammo in Resident Evil cannot be created, but it can certainly be destroyed.
As we sat down to play Resident Evil 5 I told automaton, “Resident Evil isn’t like other shooting games. They purposefully limit your ammo so that you are afraid of losing it all and having no ammo. Now, take this magnum/ammo and be responsible.” I didn’t see him do this, but he later told me he would kill enemies with the magnum then fire (repeatedly) into their harmless, defeated, corpses.
He ran out of ammo quickly.
Still, I much preferred playing with a friend rather than those random people you find on Xbox Live. One time I played a player vs. player match with some dude from Japan. Even after years of Resident Evil games I was nowhere near as good as the people online. But my Japanese teammate did not appreciate my lack of skill. After we lost the match he sent me a succinct message:
“kill urself”
I’m not sure his English teachers would be proud.
The Resident Evil Universe must be a confusing place during finals week at college. Who’s to say that was a brainless student or a brainless zombie?
At least that’s what I’ll say after I shot all the shirtless dudes on campus. Seriously, no one wants to see you glistening abs in the sun.
You too zombies, stop appearing shirtless everywhere. Your flesh is cold, just put a coat on or something. Maybe you guys would be less angry all the time if you did.
I haven’t played a RE game since part 4 on the Game Cube. The whole conservation of ammo was so stressful! But I guess that’s what gave that game it’s edge. What I did love was that you would keep your ammo and money if you beat the game and started over. After the second time I beat it I had enough money for the unlimited rocket launcher. That was SWEET!
That first time through RE4 we are but poor simple farmers. The fourth time, we are fat cats, wealthy barons who sleep on piles of magnum ammo.